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Callahan County Courthouse Baird, Texas |
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 Photo: Robert Deering 9/15/2003 |
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Completed - 1929
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Callahan County Courthouse Baird, Texas |
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Completed - 1929
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1877 COUNTY NAMED FOR: James Hughes Callahan, a survivor of the Goliad Massacre and leader of the Callahan expedition. COUNTY SEATS: Two - Belle Plain and Baird COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Railroad surveyor and engineer Matthew Baird. COURTHOUSES: Four - Belle Plain in 1877; Baird in 1883, 1884, and 1929 STANDING: One - 1929 Texas Renaissance courthouse built of brick. LINKS: Callahan County |
